Long-Term Durability of Active Surveillance of Small, Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In managing early-stage cancers, active surveillance (AS) may be preferentially favored by older individuals. In counseling patients, it is important to understand the durability of AS in the context of age.

Objective

To evaluate the durability of AS in patients with small, low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) according to age at the time of choosing AS.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center, prospective, long-term follow-up cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Adult patients with small, localized, low-risk PTC less than 2 cm in maximal diameter were enrolled between May 2016 and February 2021. The clinical outcome data were analyzed up to the time point of May 25, 2025, and final data analysi

SUBMITTER: Sawka AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12368792 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature